Samuel Barnes

Note: "Barns, Samuel, of Warren, yeoman. Will dated 23 Feb 1764, proved Barrington 5 Feb 1775, pgs 55-56. Mentions wife Rebecca--contract made between us be fulfilled. Son Thomas Barnes. Daughters Hannah Brown dec'd late wife of Hezekiah Brown, Keziah Peck wife of Solomon Peck, & Annie Hunt. Children of daughter Hannah Brown dec'd late wife of Hezekiah Brown, viz: Asa Brown, William Brown, Nathaniel Brown, Theziah Viall wife of Benjamin Viall, & Jabez Brown dec'd. Great grand children, children of grandson Jabez Brown dec'd, viz: Rebecca Brown & Rachel Brown." 5

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Hezekiah Browne, b. 18 Nov 1698 in Swansea, MA; son of Jabez Browne and Jane. He mar. Joanna Barnes. Joanna Barnes, b. 6 Sept 1707, d. bef. 1764, dau. of Samuel Barnes and Joanna Reynolds.

Johanna Barnes Brown died before 1764 as she is noted in her father’s will as deceased.

Son Nathaniel Brown b. 31 May 1739 in Barrington, R.I.; mar. Lucy Russell in Washington, CT on 5 Nov 1765 (desc. in CT); and d. in Washington, CT on 12 Nov 1827.

Will of Samuel Barnes written 23 Feb 1764 in Warren, Bristol Co, RI--Just debts and funeral expenses paid by Executor; contract made between wife Rebeccah before marriage be fulfilled and she is to receive riding beast; bequeath to children of late dau. Johannah Brown wife of Hezekiah Brown dec’d: Asa Brown 10 £, William Brown 10£, Nathaniel Brown 10£, and to Keziah Viall the wife of Benjamin Viall 10£; bequeath to 2 great grandchildren, children of grandson Jabez Brown, dec’d: Rebeccah Brown and Rachel Brown 10£ to be equally divided between them; bequeath to dau. Keziah Peck the wife of Solomon Peck one half of household goods and indoor moveables; to dau. Eunice Hunt the other half of household goods and indoor moveables and the 2 daus. Keziah and Eunice may divide all household goods and indoor moveables between them; bequeath to son Thomas Barns all wearing apparel together with outdoor husbandery utensils and with what has already been done for him it is judged his full part of estate; and lastly ordain son-in-law Solomon Peck of Warren the sole Executor. Witnesses: Aaron Kingsley, Samuel Allen and Solomon Townsend. Will brought into court by Executor Solomon Peck on 5 Feb 1776. Attested: Solomon Townsend. Recorded Book No. 1, p. 95.

Peck Family Collection ca. 1705-1911. Rhode Island Historical Society. Filmed by Genealogy Society Salt Lake City, Utah at Providence, RI, 18 Aug 1950. LDS film #0000536; US/CAN Film Area. Includes Will and Deeds of Samuel Barnes dated 23 Feb 1764, recorded 5 Feb 1776.

H.L. Peter Rounds, transcriber., Vital Records of Swansea, MA to 1850., Jane Fletcher Fiske and Margaret F. Costello, editors., Sponsored by the Gaylord Fund, New Eng. Hist. Geneal. Society, Boston, 1992., Found Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004.

Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register., Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, First Series, Vol. VI, part III, Births, Marriages and Death. A Family Register for the People. Bristol County., Barrington (Bristol County), Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, R.I, 1894. Published under the Auspices of the General Assembly., CD containing Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. A Family Register for the People. Vols. 1-6., James N. Arnold is Editor of Narragansett Historical Register.